Mechanical motor.



No. 653,223. Patented sept, lig-|900.

W. W.' TEAGUE.

MECHANICAL MOTOR.

(Application led; Mar. 22'; 1900.;

(No Model.)

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UNiTED STATES PATENTV risen".

` WEBSTER TEAGUE, OF rWABASH, INDIANA.

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SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,223, datedSeptember 18, 1900. Application filed March 22, 1900.` Serial No. 9,784. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concer/tf v Beit known that I, WEBSTER W. TEAGUE, aresident of Wabash,in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Motors; and Ido hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in theart to which itpertains to make and use the same. y

The invention relates to so-called arc motors; and it has for its objectto provide mechanism for utilizing surplus power.

The invention consists in the construction herein described and pointedout.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofpartially-diagrammatic character of an apparatus embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is asection on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Numeral l indicates a frame which in practice will be made of suitablestrength and stability in any usual manner.

2 is a rocking beam fixed by rods or bars 3 to a receptacle 4, forstones, gravel, or other weight. These bars may in practice be of anylnumber and of any usual construction and suitably fixed to theweight-box to insure rigidity and strength. f

The frame comprising the rocking bar, weight-box, and intermediateconnections is suspended bya rounded boss 5, integral with the rockingbar upon the top of the supporting-frame, as indicated, a socket-piecejoin- 1iong the supporting postsor legs being denoted y 7. 1 84 denotesan air-compression cylinder supported on the main frame, and 9 showspistonrods that bearloosely on the under side of the rocking beam. i

10 denotes conduits conveying air from below the pistons (not shown)through a pipe 11 to a reservoir 12, and 13 isa service-pipe. 14 denotesa drum or the like driven from any convenient or desirable source of orby a windmill. c i

15 denotes chains wound onthe drum and hooked upon retractible pins 16,suitably connected to the weight-box for the purpose of rocking theframe, including the Weight-box, and thereby raising the latter to suchheight thata piston-rod 17 of a piston 18,working in a powerlcompression-cylinder 1 9, will be forced against a solid stop,(indicated at 20.) The pistonrod 17 is extended through the cylinder andprovided with a forked end 21. The members of the fork are flared andpass` through inclined slots in the pins 16, as indicated, for thepurpose of moving said pins endwise either int-o or out of an operativesituation.

When the rod is moved sufficiently to the left, the pins are retractedfrom the hooks 22 of the chains and the connection with the weight-boxis broken.

23 denotes a stop-bar sliding in a casing 24, xed on the bottom of thebox 4, and held to its'work by spring 25. This stop-,barslides on therack 26 when the weight-box is moving to the left over said rack, and itautomatically engages one of the slots 27 in said rack as soon as theweight-box isreleased from the chains. This occurs through thebefore-described action of the pistonrod fork. Before the chains arereleased the air in the cylinder 19 will have been compressed and willaid in the Vinitial movement of the weight-box when the stop-bar 23 iswithdrawn from an upper slot 27. Y

In case the mill or other source of power is disconnected from theswinging box before vthe piston-rod becomes operative for that purposethe stop-bar becomes immediately operative to hold the box fromreturning.

The bar 23 can be Withdrawn. from any slotk 27 by a lever 28, connectedto lift the bar at will.

' 29 denotes a rack engaged by the4 lever'28k i to hold down thelever'and to hold the stop- Y bar inoperative when the weight-box oscil`lates.

30 denotes an air-compressioncylinder with and `aids in returning theweight.

It is obvious that power may be stored.` by

mechanism such as describedy and utilized at will by means of the aircompressed inthe reservoir 1'2. n

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent,is-

1. In a mechanical motor, a support, a rigid rocking frame comprising abeam centrally loog;

mounted on said support, a Weight, and inclined rods rigidly connectingthe Weight and the ends of the beam, means for connecting the weight toa source of power, mechanism for autor'naticalh1 releasing saidconnecting means when the Weight has been moved a predetermineddistance, and a stop for the motor automatically operative on release ofsaid connecting means. Y

2. In a mechanical motor, a support, a rigid rocking frame comprising abeam centrally mounted on said support, a Weight, and inclined rodsrigidly connecting the Weight and the ends of the beam, a motor, andmeans for connecting the motor directly to the weight whereby saidWeight, beam and their connections can be directly and positively moved,and mechanism for automatically disconnecting the Weight and motor.

3. In a mechanical motor, a support, a rigid rocking frame comprising abeam centrally mounted on said support, a Weight, and inclined rodsrigidly connecting the Weight and the ends of the beam, a motor, andmeans for connecting the motor directly to the Weight whereby saidWeight, beam and their connections can be directly and positively moved,and mechanism for automatically disconnecting the Weight and motor, saidmechanism being also adapted to store power to aid in the initialmovement of the motor.

4;. The rocking-f rame support, the rocking frame, the Weight xed tosaid frame, air- WEBSTER W. TEAGUE.

Witnesses:

OLIVER H. BOGUE, LAWRENCE ScooLER.

